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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2669, 9 August 1887, Page 3

TO THE ELECTORS, j ENTLEITEN,—I hog to inform y.uu thdt;it : i9 my intention to contest the repr&eijtatiou of WQQDVILLE at the approaching general election, and that I shall trip of.adfop tog the elecrors in'the various centra of the ffijtridt. ' . - ■'l-flni; Gontlemeh, 1 : .-.V.'v y Your Obedient-Servant, 2615 ■ . . W;.'Wl McCARDLE. WOODVILLE ELECTIVE"" Napior," 18"th Jnlv;'1887:; To Messrs- '" ' (I, B. Bradford'' J; H; Monteith' •Jojin Harris . • JameS Allai'diee W. Bierre G. D. Hamilton James Wall JfosM'Ly'nri. ■ W. J, Graliniii Henry Smith ■ F.'iUrdmgni'' E. 0. Olsen J. W. Carlile Duncan Guy . Henry Ellison, And 202 other Electors of the Wood\ille District, .. gENTI.EMEX,I sincerely lliank you for the honor you have conferred upon me, by asking me to allow myself to be nominated at the approaching Goneral Elecl ion b represent you in IVliumcnt. . • In reply, I have to stale that I -will- conieat the election against nil comers, and if elected I would support a Government introducing .measures to the following eflcct •Economy and retrenchment in every branch of the Civil Service, and the amalgamation of Offices, The reduction of the 'honorarium, and ot the number of members of both Houses. The completion of the railway to Palmerston, and the construction of the line to Auckland, and the extension of 1.110 line from Eketalmna to Palliatua, ' , - . Til." opening up of Crown lands, and the acquisition of. Native Lands, for settlement • • "The cessation'of borrowing except for the works mentioned, until the finances'of the colony have been placed on a sound footing. The amendment of the Land Act, by tho repeal of the Perpetual Leasing, system, and by giving greater facilities for selectors to take up Deferred Payment Lands. The repeal o£ Property Tax and tho introduction of'a Land and Income Tax. Tl.o amendment- of tho Education Reserves Act'to enable the Government to use the revenue from the Reserves for Secondary Education for the purpose of Primary Education, Tlie reform of the present system of railway management, 1 shall address the Electors at all the centres of settlement

throughout the district ondates to be advertised. whan you will find tuo supporting true Liberal measures, and that my knowledgo of the district enables me to form reliable opinions-on the subject of your local requirements. I ant, Gentlemen. Your Obedient Servant, Horace bake& MAiSTKRTON ELECTION, TO THE ELECTORS. HAVING announced my candidature at the approaching election I have the pleasure to submit for your consideration the political platform which, if returned, will command my earnest support : 1. Encouragement to Colonial Industries go that labor and capital within the Colony may be fully anil prosperously employed, and labor and Capital from without attracted to the Colony. 2. The substitution of a progressive land tax, from which moderate areas will be exempted, for the present proporty tax in order that laud monopoly may be rendered unprofitable, and the improvement of property encouraged. . 3. The maintenance, in a state of thorough efficiency, of the present system of primary education. . 4. Tho continuance of the existing liberal land laws, and the expansion, of the special and village settlement systems. 5. Tho stoppage as far as practicable and judicious, of the system of borrowing. C. Abolition of the Upper House. 7. Decentralisation ; the restoration of the proper functions of local Government so that log rolling in the Legislature may disappear, and the duties of the Public Works Department may be distributed among the settlers and localities concerned.

8, A system of vigorous retrenchment under wh ch ornate but useless branches of the civil service will receive slulful attention and state pensions shall gradually cease. I Bliall have'much pleasure in entering moro fully into details at tho various public meetings which it is my intention to address. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, A.W.HOGG. ■ Mastertuii, July 9th, 1887. 2C4 T 0 LET, SHUP and Dwelling house, Queen-st,, At present occupied by Mv G, Has kell, Apply to Wm. ALEXANDER, 648 ' Chapel-st. BLANKETS. BLANKETS, BLANKETS.. Housewives.— Are 'you aware of this fact: That the Blankets made by the Wellington Woollen Company at Pctone are not only tho Best, but the Cheapest Blankets in the Colonv. Every wholesale house in the Colony knows this. Don't let your drapers induce you to buy imported shoddy,. ' whon you can get the Real All /Wooi Petonk Blanket.